Composition English 1102 Daniel Kies Department of English College of DuPage

 

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General Information | Course Calendar | List of Topics | List of Assignments | Indexes

 

General Information about this Course

Welcome A letter to the students of English 1102 & How to read the HyperTextBook. Frequently Asked Questions Got questions? Perhaps the HyperTextBooks' frequently asked questions page can help. Your Syllabus for English 1102 A guide to the objectives and policies of our course.   What's New? A weekly newsletter updated each Sunday describing our class work for the week. Update Letters from Previous Weeks Here you can read the What's New? letters from previous weeks. Tour the HyperTextBook An overview of the features of my HyperTextBooks. eForum How we plan to use eForum — the HyperTextBooks' message board and chat room. eForum Directions How to use eForum. Your Grade Sheet Use the online grade sheet to record and track your grades. Accolades The New Century Handbook cites the HyperTextBooks as "one of the best composition courses on the Web."

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The Course Calendar

Lists the course's reading, writing, lab, and exam assignments in a week-by-week, unit-by-unit, schedule.

 

A Listing of the Topics Covered in English 1102

 

The Structure of Argumentation and the Nature of Evidence Introduction to English 1102      Levels of Reading      Levels of Writing      On Reading & Writing      Argument Structure Kinds of Claims      Factual Claims      Policy Claims      Value Claims Underlying Assumptions Kinds of Evidence      Ethical Appeal      Rational Appeal      Emotional Appeal Hidden Argument Inherent Contradictions Using Logic in Writing Logical Fallacies Suasive Diction Grammatical Manipulation

Writing, Style, Persuasion, and Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four Summarizing      Example Summaries Writing an Abstract Writing an Analysis Writing an Argument Writing a Review      Example Book Review Planning the Reseach Paper The MLA Format      In Text Citations      Works Cited Pages Quoting & Paraphrasing Introducing a Quote Punctuating a Quote Computers as Writing Tools Writing with Computers Introductory Notes for 1984      Notes - Part 1      Notes - Part 2      Notes - Part 3      Notes - Part 4 Orwell Websites "The Uses of Passivity"

 

 

A Listing of the Assignments in English 1102

Labs:		Essays:
Lab 1: Learning the Basics of Manipulating Text and Images Our first lab to help us learn to move information from one application (a browser) to another (a word processor).		Essay 1, Part 1: An Abstract Essay 1, Part 2: A Review An abstract and review of one of the sources that will be used as a reference in your first research paper.
Lab 2: Searching the Web for Information An exercise on the problems of finding information in the information age.		Research Paper 1 A short, researched, documented, argument essay on a contemporary issue.
Lab 3: Understanding Claims This lab will help you learn about and identify the different types of claims a writer can make.		Research Paper 2 A short, researched, documented, argument essay on George Orwell's 1984.
Lab 4: Analyzing Example Essays A lab to explore all the elements of argument in context. A tour through wonderland, so to speak, guided by yours truly.		Exams and Tests: Examination 1 Covering the first six units of our course.
Lab 5: Reading and Evaluating Hidden Arguments A lab to explore ideas that writers can put into our heads by implication alone.		Final Examination Covering the last units of our course.
Lab 6: Using the MLA Format Exploring the common format in the humanities for citing and documenting sources.		Practice Exams: Practice Exam 1 Practice Final Examination
Lab 7: Defining Fallacious Reasoning Learning to recognize and define faulty reasoning in written argument.		Short Tests on 1984: Test 1 Covering the first third of the novel.
Lab 8: Detecting Fallacious Reasoning A lab to test your ability to detect fallacious reasoning.		Test 2 Covering the middle third of the novel.
Lab 9: More Practice in the MLA Format An exercise to help you learn more about the MLA format.		Test 3 Covering the last third of the novel.
Lab 10: Suasive Diction An examination of the power of words to persuade.

 

 

Indexes

File Index An annotated list of all the files in the HyperTextBook.

Keyword Index An index to the HyperTextBook by keywords.

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